At & T Information Systems, Inc. v. Arizona Department of Economic Security

OPINION

NOREEN L. SHARP, Judge Pro Tem.

This appeal is from a decision of the Appeals Board of the Arizona Department of Economic Security (DES), which held that appellees, employees of AT & T, left their jobs for nondisqualifying reasons and were therefore eligible for unemployment insurance benefits. We affirm.

AT & T initiated a nationwide plan to eliminate 24,000 jobs in information systems with the purpose of reducing costs and improving profit programs. In connection with this goal, on July 24, 1985, AT & T declared that it intended to reduce the work force in its Tucson business office…